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HEIGHT MEASURE FOR HORSES.

No. 825,134. Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

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IRA \VAINWRIGHT, OF NEXV YORK, N.

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HElGHT-MEASURE FOR HORSES.

Application filed November 15, 1984.

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ina WAINwRrcn'r, a resident of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented a new and useful I111 provement inHeight-Measures; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a partof this specification.

My invention relates to devices for measur ing the height of horses,&c., and has for its object the construction of a measure for thepurpose which shall be light and portable as Well as accurate.

It consists in combining with a standard mounted upon a suitable base,of a longitudinally laterallyslotted scale-bar hinged to the upper endof the standard so as to open up in a right line therewith, fitted withan arm so pivoted to an adjustable slide embracing the scale-bar andtraveling thereon, as to admit of folding into the longitudinal slot ofthe bar, and of being extended out from the bar and made fast at anexact right angle therewith at any point in the length of the bar towhich the slide is carried.

It consists, also, in novel details in the con struction of the slide,ashereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation in perspective ofmy improved measuringstandard in use; Fig. 2, a similar View of the5211110011 an enlarged scale, illustrating the scale-bar in positivelines as partly folded, and in dotted lines as completely closed, theprojecting arm being folded into thelongitudinal slot of the bar. Figs.3 and i are enlarged detached sectional views illustrating theconstruction of the slide, its spring and clamp-serew,and the pivotalconnection of the measuring-arm therewith, Fig. 3 being a section uponthe line x [Z7 of Fig. 4., and Fig. a a transverse section on line y yof Fig. 3. l

A represents the standard, supported upon a suitable base, B, which maybe of light cast metal, and formed with a suitable socket to receive andfirmly hold the lower end of the standard.

0 is the scale-bar, formed with a longitudinal slot, D, therein,extending from end to end thereof, and having a suitable scale of feetand inches marked upon the two opposite (No model.)

faces of the bar which are parallel with the slot. The lower end of thescale-bar G is hinged to the upper end of the standard A, so that thetwo may be brought end to end in a right line with each other, to form,when required, practically one continuous bar A G. (See Fig. 1.) Thehinge-plates a 0 (see Fig. 2) upon the ends of the standard A and bar 0are made in the form of caps to cover said ends, and a spring-catch, R,(see Fig. 2,) is fitted to project through the face of the capplate a toenter and engage an opening cut in the face of the opposite cap'plate,c, and thereby confine and secure the standard and bar when broughttogether end to end. The catch is released as required to permit thescale-bar O to be turned upon its hinged joint and folded over againstthe standard A, as shown in Fig. 2, by means of a lateral button, E,projecting from the spring of the catch E, through the side of thecap-plate a, and by means of which the spring may be pressed inward.

The scale-bar G is embraced by a metallic slide, G, fitted to encircleit closely and yet leave its longitudinal slot D uncovered, (see Figs. land 2,) and at the same time have a free longitudinal movement from endto end of the bar. Suliicient space is left, however, between one of theslotted faces of the bar and the corresponding end of the slide for theinsertion therein of a flat elastic plate, H, secured at the end to theslide, and whose resiliency will tend to keep its opposite end alsoagainst the slide. This plate is of a width (see Fig. 4) sufficient topermit it to bear equally against the bar 6 on both sides of the slottherein, and it is forced by means of a thumb-screw, J, against the barto clamp and secure thereby the slide G thereon. The thumb-screw J isfitted to work through the slide and bear with its inner end against theplate to force it against the bar, as shown in Fig. 3.

The inner end of a flat arm, L, is inserted into the slot D to bearagainst the inner face of the slide so that the arm shall project outthrough the slot D at an exact right angle to said face and to the faceof the scale-bar. It is supported in this position by means of a hinge,M, pivoting it to the upper edge of the slide, as illustrated in Fig. 3,thehinged joint ICC permitting the bar to swing upward, (in thedirection indicated by the arrow in Figs. 2 and 3,) so as to be whollyinclosed within the slot. (See dotted lines, Fig. 2.) *When dropped intoposition at a right angle with the scale-bar O and its slide G, the armL is made fast by a spring-catch, N, which, projecting out from the rearend of the bar at its lower free edge, is made to pass through andengage with the side of an opening pierced in the slide oppositethereto, as shown in Fig. 3. The catch may be released to liberate thearm and allow it to be folded up by lifting the projecting end of thecatch N. The arm L being thus hinged and secured to the slide G willmove with it through the slot D up and down upon the scale-bar 0, so asto admit of adjust ment to any desired height.

In the use of the device the bar 0 is opened up in a right line with thestandard A, and automatically secured in said position by means of thecatch E. The arm L is then opened out at a right angle to the scale barG, and is automatically secured and held fast in this position by meansof the catch N, and, having been carried up or down the scale-bar to thedesired point, is made fast by turning the thumbscrew J.

Vhen the device is not in use, the arm L is folded into the slot D ofthe scale-bar O, and the bar with its inclosed arm is folded alongsideof the standard A, so that the device is reduced to a very compact form,admitting of being readily carried about.

I claim as my invention The combination, in a height-measure,with anupright standard secured upon a suitable base, of a longitudinallyslotted scalebar hinged to the upper end of the standard to form acontinuation thereof end to end and to fold down against the same, andfitted with an adjustable slide moving longitudinally upon the bar,carrying an arm pivoted thereto to fold within the slot and to open outtherefrom and be secured at a right angle with the bar, substantially inthe manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

IRA \VAINWRIGHT.

\Vitnesses:

A. B. MooRE, JOHN A. ELLIS.

